No commercial tours and/or for profit tours, are allowed access to Magnolia cemetery located at 70 Cunnington Street, Charleston, South Carolina

Any common interest groups, educational, military or other wise stated, having business to conduct at Magnolia cemetery, should have prior written permission from the Superintendent of Magnolia Cemetery.

Any groups requiring more than two regular vehicles will be considered a tour and should call ahead for permission and to insure that a funeral service will not be in progress during your visit. No buses or large vans will be allowed within the cemetery gates at anytime.

Burial and Funeral information

Magnolia Cemetery is a full service cemetery offering in-ground casket interment and in-ground inurnment for cremated remains. We have the only chapel mausoleum in the city of Charleston. The Mausoleum has accommodations for both casket and urn entombment. Also, located adjacent to the large lagoon, you will find a beautifully landscaped area designated only for burial of cremated remains. However, if one chooses not to bury the ashes in the ground we offer a service that provides for scattering or placing the ashes in the lagoon (as seen in the photo above). This lagoon is tidal fed and the ashes will eventually migrate to the Cooper River. For more detailed information about our services or offerings please contact the Magnolia Cemetery Office at the above contacts or you can stop by the office and talk to one of our staff members.

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Then & Now (1849-2014)

Magnolia Cemetery's Rich History

Magnolia Cemetery first opened in 1850. It is on the land of a former rice plantation. The property was designed during a new rural cemetery movement that crossed from Europe to America in the mid-19th century. With lovingly landscaped paths and ponds, trees and green space, Charlestonians would come to Magnolia to picnic and play, as well as visit lost loved ones. Today, Magnolia Cemetery continues as one of the best and most beautiful examples of rural and Victorian cemetery design in the U.S. A "who's who" of Charleston and South Carolina history is buried here. Far from a museum to the past, Magnolia continues to grow and still has many burial opportunities on its venerable grounds and modern mausoleum.

Recent/Pending Funerals 2017

Nov 8, 2017 Mildred Elizabeth Tisdale Greenhill Section

Nov 8, 2017 Robert Wesley Hunt Greenhill Section

Nov 4, 2017 Rev. Joseph Andrew DiRaddo Chapel Section

Oct 25, 2017 Ethel Gready Turner Bonner Greenhill Section

Oct 21, 2017 Judith D. Haskell Mausoleum

Oct 18, 2017 Margaret Sue Fike Entrance Section

Oct 12, 2017 John Mouzon Sadler Masonic Grand Lodge

Oct 11, 2017 Christeen A. Kennedy Flander Greenhill Section

Oct 6, 2017 Dennis Dewitt Nicholson III Greenhill Section

Oct 3, 2017 Frances H. J. Henderson Greenhill Section

Sept 27,2017 Eleanor Van Ness Simons Greenhill Section

Sept 29, 2017 Catherine Mae "Kitty" Stelljes Brown Belvidere Section

Sept 22, 2017 PO Mead, III Greenhill Section

Sept 22, 2017 Raymond Philip Maull,Sr Greenhill Sectoion

Sept 20, 2017 Nettie Barger Mausoleum

Sept 19, 2017 Myrick Eugene Searson Mausoleum

Sept 14, 2017 Wayne Thomas Diets Greenhill Section

Sept 03, 2017 Ronald Lewis Hunter Belvidere Section

Aug 16, 2017 Mary Manigault Gilbreth Big Park

Aug 11, 2017 Fitz L. Hardin, Jr Mausoleum

Aug 07, 2017 Susan Garden Barnwell Magwood Greenhill Section

Jul 10, 2017 Grace Beasley Lilienthal Park "B" Section

Jul 10, 2017 Elizabeth S Williams Chapel Section

Jul 08, 2017 Jame Olivia Evatt Hill Greenhill Section

Jul 01, 2017 Frances L Clark Mausoleum

June 30, 2017 Septima Holmes Porcher Murray Greenhill Section

June 20, 2017 Elizabeth Martin Scarborough Old Section

June 20, 2017 Harriet Lowndes Rhett Maybank Hutson Entrance Section

June 17, 2017 Lawrence Anthony Joseph, Jr Mausoleum

June 15, 2017 Robert Lebby Clements, Jr. Big Park Section

June 02, 2017 Joseph Rigoroso Park "C" Section

May 04, 2017 Mary Battle Parsons Means Hutson Chapel Section

Apr 29, 2017 Robert Eugene Berretta Old Section

Apr 28, 2017 John Lawrence Lubbers Mausoleum

Apr 20, 2017 Mary Mahony Raht Smith Mausoleum

Apr 14, Kathleen Bailey White Greenhill Section

Apr 10, 2017 Richard Ashy Farrier, Jr. Greenhill Section

Mar 30, 2017 Miner Crosby, III Greenhill Section

Mar 29, 2017 Margaret T. O'hear Old Section

Mar 24, 2017 John Calhoun Simonds, III Greenhill Section

Mar 18, 2017 James Richard Martin Big Park Section

Mar 18, 2017 Edna Beach Orvin Greenhill Section

Mar. 07, 2017 Susan M Dodenhoff Greenhill Section

Mar. 04, 2017 Peter R. Wey Greenhill Section

Mar. 03, 2017 J. Michael Compton Cremation Garden

Feb 19, 2017 James Hord Craft Mausoleum

Feb 19, 2017 Eloise Gaillard Adams Upper Old B Section

Feb 19, 2017 Daniel Fenton Adams Upper Old B Section

Feb 18, 2017 Bernice Cordray Castillo Belvidere Section

Feb 18, 2017 Mary Hudson Garcia Mausoleum

Feb 07, 2017 John Rush Attaway, Jr Greenhill Section

Jan 24, 2017 Charles Winfred Rians North Section

Jan 20, 2017 Edward Norvell Johnson Greenhill Section

Jan 16, 2017 Louise J Cody Greenhill Section

Jan 13, 2017 Robert Terry Thompson Greenhill Section

Jan 7, 2017 Donald E Coppage Greenhill Section

Jan 2, 2017 Shirley Johnson Holcombe Mausoleum

Recent/pending Funerals 2016

December 3, 2016 Vincent Edward Marino Azalea Park Section

December 3, 2016 Olivia Jane Quammer Greenhill Section

December 3, 2016 Sgt Stanley Tokarczyk Greenhill Section

November 23, 2016 Margie Thomas McCaffrey Cogswell Greenhill Section

November 21, 2016 Elizabeth Hanna Huguley Greenhill Section

November 20, 2016 Glenda Abell Knight Greenhill Section

November 18 2016 Carter Stephen Aimsworth Greenhill Section

November 17, 2016 Elizabeth Betsy Stuhr Parker North Section

November 16, 2016 Mary M. Crawford Greenhill Section

November 11, 2016 Thomas Carr Devine, III Old Island

November 5, 2016 Evelyn Simmons Dyal Greenhill Section

November 5, 2016 Cecile M. Mazingue Greenhill Section

November 4, 2016 Etta H. Hannaford Belvidere Section

October 22, 2016 Marlene W. Black Mausoleum

October 22, 2016 Richard Alan Boylston Greenhill Section

October 18, 2016 G. Simms McDowell, Jr. Old Section

October 12, 2016 Raymond Glyn Dwyer Single Section #3

October 4, 2016 Berzelius D. Errazo Mausoleum

September 14, 2016 Beverly A H Kornaherns Mausoleum

September 13, 2016 George Preston Hipp Greenhill Section

September 3, 2016 Harriet Wilson Garris Greenhill Section

September 3, 2016 Harriet Frasier Garris Greenhill Section

August 30, 2016 Hugh Kitchings Eason Old Section

August 24, 2016 Marc M. Lucas Mausoleum

August 21, 2016 Burton E Moore, Jr. Greenhill Section

August 21, 2016 Blake P Hagen Masonic Section

August 16, 2016 Audrey R Moorman Greenhill Section

July 30, 2016 Mary MacLean McDonald Old Section (Micah Jenkins)

July 28, 2016 Patricia Ann Rourk Yon Belvidere Section

July 27, 2016 Cheryl Ann Trainer Mausoleum

July 9, 2016 George Abbott Middleton Greenhill Section

July 7, 2016 David R. Megerlin Cremation Garden

June 23, 2016 John Eugene Burrows Greenhill Section

June 22, 2016 Elizabeth Jean Sparks Lee Greenhill Section

June 18, 2016 Richard C. Bush Greenhill Section

June 3, 2016 Richard Allen Larsen Greenhill

May 16, 2016 Arnolda Dubose Roade Greenhill Section

May 7, 2016 Dorothy Barnhill Kerrison Entrance Section

May 6, 2016 Elizabeth Nesbitt Garden Section

May 4, 2016 Donald Reid Tomklin Greenhill Section

May 4, 2016 Frances Kelly Thornhill Greenhill Section

April 23, 2016 Frances Martin Oxner Old Section

April 22, 2016 Terri Dale Lee Entrance Section

April 26, 2016 Caroline Sprague Jervey Old Section

April 15, 2016 Harry W. Moseley Greenhill Section

April 2, 2016 Anna M. Ward Old Section

April 1, 2016 William Brian Moody Greenhill Section

March 30, 2016 Peggy Ann Walters Greenhill Section

March 21, 2016 Michael Howard Peterman Greenhill Section

March 8, 2016 William Frank Lee Greenhill Section

March 8, 2016 Sally Weissinger Lee Greenhill Section

March 8, 2016 Robert M. Lee Greenhill Section

March 8, 2016 Amelia Kate Britell Greenhill Section

March 4, 2016 Ruth Roberts Ham Greenhill Section

Feb 20, 2016 Thomas West Carr Greenhill Section

Feb 19, 2016 Julius Sinclair Smith III Greenhill Section

Feb 13, 2016 Frances M. Elliott Mausoleum

Feb 9, 2016 Caleb Huiet Paul Old Section

Feb 6, 2016 Frank H. Roeber Greenhill Section

Jan 25, 2016 Charles A Pfaff Greenhill Section

Jan 21, 2016 Jan Bissell Lucas Greenhill Section

Recent/Pending Funerals 2015

Dec. 31, 2015 Nancy Luke Griffen Greenhill Section

Dec. 27, 2015 May R. Reynolds Greenhill Section

Dec. 21,2015 Ralph Martin Hendricks Belvidere Section

Dec. 21, 2015 Della C. Zeigler Entrance Section

Dec. 20, 2015 Beverly B Ratcliff Mausoleum

Dec. 13, 2015 Jack Conrad Thames Azalea Park

Dec. 5, 2015 Lester Lyndon Key, Jr. Azalea Park

Dec. 2, 2015 Dexter C. Rumsey, III Entrance Section

Nov. 21, 2015 Caroline Jean Barry Greenhill Section

Nov. 20, 2015 Austin Parker Deas Greenhill Section

Nov. 18, 2015 Felix Chisolm Pelzer Old Section

Nov. 11, 2015 Helen C. Spell Belvidere Section

Nov. 5, 2015 David Arthur Brockinton Greenhill Section

Nov. 3, 2015 Douglas Benton Abell Greenhill Section

Oct. 24, 2015 Lester Peterman Greenhill Section

Oct. 14 2015 Charles Prause Belvidere Section

Sept. 26, 2015 Daniel E. Huger Greenhill

Sept. 24, 2015 James Cunningham Budds, Jr. Mausoleum

Sept. 15, 2015 Major Richard Wm.Ward Single Section #3

Sept. 11, 2015 Helen C. Parker Azalea Park

August 30, 2015 Margaret M Rugheimer Greenhill Section

August 26, 2015 Henry H. Lipinski Single Section #3 Lot 1 & 1 1/2

August 26, 2015 Harriet Lipinski Single Section #3 Lot 1 &1 1/2

August 26, 2015 Anna Tatarski Single Section #3 Lot 1 & 1 1/2

July 25, 2015 Edward J. Reynolds Greenhill Section

July 22, 2015 Marion Pasteur LeLong Old Section

July 11, 2015 Deanna M. Glincman Mausoleum

July 1, 2015 Frances Smith Bledsoe Greenhill Section

June 29, 2015 Beverly Ann Jackson Settle Greenhill Section

June 20, 2015 Katharine Ravenel Old Section

June 19, 2015 Drusilla McEachern Martin Greenhill Section

June 18, 2015 Ruby Sylvia Michaud Greenhill Section

June 1, 2015 Paul B. Dacey Greenhill Section

May 29, 2015 Dolly M. Small Greenhill Section

May 14, 2015 John Hertz Reynolds North Section

May 18, 2015 Marvin Donald McCarthy Greenhill Section

May 2, 2015 Lucile Hyde Wehman Greenhill Section

April 28, 2015 Irma Minges Lea Big Park Section

April 16, 2015 William Russell Wells Greenhill Section

April 11, 2015 George Wiltshire Penington Greenhill Section

March 23, 2015 Merle Helen Hodges Sparkman Old Section

March 13, 2015 Mary Cecelia McBroom Simpson Greenhill Section

March 12, 2015 Nancy Elizabeth McDonald Jervey Greenhill Section

February 13, 2015 Margaret J. Fallingstad Mausoleum

February 12, 2015 Donald Watson Thames Belvidere Section

February 3, 2015 Eleanor Mellichamp Wilson Park Section

January 30, 2015 Susan Libby Jenkins Garmany Entrance Section

January 27, 2015 Itly Wilson Baker Greenhill Section

Recent/Pending Funerals 2014

December 20, 2014 Horry F. Kerrison, Jr. Entrance Section

December 17, 2014 Betty Cliff Clements Park Section

November 28, 2014 Patricia Hawkins Williams Cremation Garden Section

Novermber 26, 2014 Charlotte Small Bavier Greenhill Section

November 16, 2014 Edgar Wetzel Rugheimer, Jr. Azalea Park Section

November 2, 2014 Porter Williams Chapel Section

October 15, 2014 Elizabeth "Betty" Whaley Briggs Parker North Section

October 2, 2014 Rosina Marie Kennerty Seignious Mausoleum

October 1, 2014 Edward J. Green Greenhill Section

September 16, 2014 Adoph "Buddy" Christian Kruger Greenhill Section

September 13, 2014 Judith Lee Bates Greenhill Section

September 10, 2014 Howard D Edwards Greenhill Section

September 3, 2014 Debby Larkin Coleman Greenhill Section

September 3, 2014 Ralph Carl Byers Mausoleum

September 3, 2014 Ruth H. Hood Smith Big Park Section

August 28, 2014 Marianne Beyers Wichmann Greenhill Section

August 11, 2014 Robert Lee Johnson Greenhill Section

August 5, 2014 Hazel Irene Mixon Burnet 24 Greenhill

July 23, 2014 Treadwell Downey Covington Single Section #3

July 12, 2014 Esther Davis Taliaferro Boykin Big Park Section

July 9, 2014 David Shriver Soliday Greenhill Section

July 5, 2014 Ann Lockwood Breazeale Big Park Section

July 3, 2014 Anne Johnson Allison Huguenin Ave. Section

June 7, 2014 Robert Goodwyn Rhett Old Section

June 5, 2014 Elis MacMurphy Cart Robertson Mausoleum

May 24, 2014 Stanley Clyburn Langston Greenhill Section

May 23, 2014 John Cordner Greenhill Section

May 17, 2014 Charles N Barton Huguenin Ave. Section

May 17, 2014 Norma Thatcher Barton Huguenin Avenue Section

May 15, 2014 Erma Lindsey Steinmeyer Grooms Belvidere Section

May 7, 2014 Clinton Thomas Seymour Greenhill Section

April 28, 2014 Thomas Middleton LeMacks North Section

April 9, 2014 Jean Matthews Freeman ~ McDowell Ave Section

April 5, 2014 Ann Way Strickland Greenhill Section

April 1, 2014 Mary Barnwell Rhett Sparkman Webb Old Section

March 26, 2014 David Huguenin Maybank Greenhill Section

March 9, 2014 Mary Louise Leffelman Hagerty Greenhill Section

March 9, 2014 Robert Fleming Hagerty Greenhill Section

March 5, 2014 Catherine Helen Murphy Skill Greenhill Section

February 18, 2014 Barbara Zorn Goodbred Old Section

February 8, 2014 Margaret Missel Wilkes Greenhill Section

January 31, 2014 Alyson Kimberly Jones Greenhill

January 28, 2014 Katharine Donald Coleman Old Section

January 15, 2014 Stephan Jonathan Antalis Greenhill Section

January 12, 2014 George Lathan, Jr. Greenhill Section

Recent/Pending Funerals 2013

December 18, 2013 Eugene D. Foxworth, III Greenhill Section

Beverly Donald Interview

Charleston's The Post and Courier recently ran a detailed interview with longtime Magnolia Cemetery Superintendent Beverly Donald. Click here to learn how Donald has made the cemetery the unique and beautiful place it is. The Post and Courier online version also includes a wonderful photo montage of the cemetery by the paper's award-winning photographer Wade Spees!

Magnolia Cemetery Videos

What Visitors Say About Magnolia Cemetery

"Birds of Magnolia Cemetery" Book

Patrick Harwood's coffeetable book, "The Birds of Magnolia Cemetery: Charleston's Secret Bird Sanctuary," is available for sale in the cemetery office. To see a video about the book, click on the link above under Magnolia Cemetery Videos.

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Map of Magnolia Cemetery

The cemetery is more than 130 acres. Roads are both paved and dirt. The cemetery can easily be navigated by vehicles no taller than a large passenger van, bicycle or on foot. A walk map is available at the cemetery office, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.